			     Information Contacts
			       Table of Contents

General Information          
Alphabetical Subject Index          
List of Federal Government Holidays          

This alphabetical subject index is intended to provide ready access to
the contact point for obtaining information about the services which you
require from the Patent and Trademark Office.

		       This document was prepared by the
			CENTER FOR PATENT AND TRADEMARK
			      INFORMATION (CPTI)
				   308-5557

		 Patent and Trademark Office Customer Service
				   Standards
   
  We will treat you with courtesy each time you contact us and, if
appropriate, will direct you promptly to the proper office or person.
   If a PTO employee being called is not available, they will return
your call by the next business day or, if you request, an alternate
point-of-contact will be provided.

		      From a MEMORANDUM TO ALL EMPLOYEES
		      from Bruce A. Lehman, Commissioner
			   of Patents and Trademarks
			       February 13, 1995

   "... If a customer needs assistance from another area and:
   
   o You know the area, ask if they prefer you to transfer them to that
area or have a representative from that area contact them. If they would
like the representative from the area to contact them, take their name
and telephone number and pass the information to the area.
   
   o You are uncertain of the area or the accuracy of the information
you have, take the customer's name and telephone number and as soon as
practicable (with a goal of within one hour of the request) call the
person back with the correct information or forward the request to the
appropriate area with instructions that the person be called back as
soon as possible.
   
  In either situation, suggest to the customer to call you back if they do
not get complete satisfaction."

		Patent and Trademark Office General Information
		   Use Area Code 703 Unless Otherwise Noted

For general information call:          			(800) PTO-9199
							   or 308-HELP
							(FAX) 305-7786

(Please note that the above lines provide general information only.
Address all other questions to the appropriate program areas.)

If you experience problems in obtaining information or service, you are
encouraged to call the following numbers.
   
				    PATENTS

	     QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO TECHNICAL MATTERS:

    For questions related to applications or Examining Groups, contact the
			  appropriate Group Director;

		       For all other questions, contact
			      Office of Petitions
			       305-9282 (voice)
				308-6916 (FAX)

	      QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE:

				Edward Kazenske
		   Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patents
			       305-8800 (voice)
				305-8825 (FAX)

				  TRADEMARKS

	     QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO TECHNICAL MATTERS:

			  TRADEMARK ASSISTANCE CENTER
			       308-9000 (voice)
				308-7016 (FAX)

	      QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS RELATING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE:

			     Philip G. Hampton II
		     Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
			       308-8900 (voice)
				308-7220 (FAX)

			  ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT INDEX

Address Boxes

Special Box designations should be used to allow forwarding of
particular types of mail to the appropriate areas as quickly as
possible. Such mail is forwarded to the appropriate area without being
opened. Only the specified type of document should be placed in an
envelope addressed to one of these special boxes. If any document other
than the specified type identified for each special box are addressed to
that box, they will be significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate
area.

Advance Orders of Patent Soft Copies,
   Non-Receipt          					305-8237

Affidavits, Trademarks

Of Use (Section 8)          			      308-9500, Ext. 126
Of Incontestability (Section 15)
Correction to Registration (Section 7)

AIDS-related Patents          					306-2600

Amendments, Patents          				     Appropriate
						         Examining Group

   Address Patent Amendments After Final Rejection to:

      Box AF
      Assistant Commissioner for Patents
      Washington, DC 20231

   Address Rule 312 Amendments to:

      Box Issue Fee
      Assistant Commissioner for Patents
      Washington, DC 20231

   Address Non-Fee Amendments (except after final rejection) 
   to:

      Box Non-Fee Amendment
      Assistant Commissioner for Patents
      Washington, DC 20231

Amendments, Trademarks

   After Publication or Allowance                     308-7200, Ext. 223

   After Registration                                 308-9500, Ext. 126
  
   General Information                                          308-9000

   Specific Pending
     Application          			  Appropriate Law Office

Amino Acid Sequence Information Submissions (37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825)

   Sequence Rules                                               308-1123
   CRF Submissions (STIC)                                       308-4212
   PatentIn Program Support (S&IRA)                             308-6856

Appeals

   Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences                    308-9797
   Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
     Final Refusal by Examining Attorney                        308-9300

Applications, Patents

   Address New Patent Applications to:

     Box Patent Application
     Assistant Commissioner for Patents
     Washington, DC 20231

   Examination                               Appropriate Examining Group
   Initial Examination                                          308-1202
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - 
     General Information                                        305-3257
   Post-Examination                                             305-8283
   Provisional Applications                                     308-1202
   Reexamination - General Information                          305-8610
   Status Inquiry of Pending
      Applications                           Appropriate Examining Group
							     or 308-1844
   Statutory Invention Registrations
      (SIRs)                                         Group 2200 308-0766

Applications, Trademarks

  Address New Trademark Applications to:

    Box NEW APP FEE
    Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks
    2900 Crystal Drive
    Arlington, VA 22202-3513

  Examination          			          Appropriate Law Office
  General Information          					308-9000
  Informal Applications          				308-9000
  Power of Attorney In Pending
    Applications          			  Appropriate Law Office
  Pre-Examination          					308-9401
  Status of Pending Applications
    or Registered Files          		    305-8747 or 308-9000

Applications for Admission to PTO
  Registration Examination          		       308-5316, Ext. 18

  Address Mail to:

   Box OED
   Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
   Washington, DC 20231

Assignments

  Recording Changes Affecting Title                     	308-9723
  Recordation Status          					308-9723
  Refund and Status Requests (Only)          		  (FAX) 308-7124

Assignment Search Facilities

  Patent          						308-2768
  Trademark          						308-9800

Assistance Center, Trademarks (TAC)          			308-9000

Attorneys/Agents Registered to
  Practice Before PTO          			       308-5316, Ext. 17

  List (Government Printing Office)          		  (202) 512-1800
  Diskette, Tape, or CD-ROM          				306-2600

Attorneys, Conduct of          			       308-5316, Ext. 18

Attorneys Window
  See Public Service Windows

Automated Search Systems, Training for
  Public          						308-3040

Bulletin Board System (BBS)

  Information          						306-2600
  Access via modem and telecommunications
    software          						305-8950

Cancellations, Trademarks

  Registration          			     Trademark Trial and
    Appeal Board          					308-9300
  Voluntary Surrender of Registration          	      308-9500, Ext. 137

Cashier's Windows

  Patent Search Room          					308-0649
  South Tower (Trademarks)          		      308-9401, Ext. 190

CD-ROM Products          					306-2600

Certification Services          			  (800) 972-6382
  See also Copies

Certificates of Correction, Patents          			305-8309
  See also Corrections, Trademarks

Change of Address

  Pending Patent Applications          		       	 Examining Group
  Pending Trademark Applications          		      Law Office
  Issued Patents for Maintenance Fee
    Notification          					308-5069
  Issued Patents for File Records
    (Office of Public Records)          			308-7112

Civil Rights, Office of          				305-8292
  Telecommunications Device for
    the Deaf (TDD)          					305-8059

Classification Definitions, Patents
  Changes and Reclassification Orders (Sale of)         	305-6101

Classification of Published Patents          			305-5951

Classification of Goods and Services, Trademarks

  Specific Application          		  Appropriate Law Office
  General Information          					308-9000

Concurrent Use Proceeding, Trademarks
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board          			308-9300

Congressional Liaison          					305-9310

Copier Machine Access System Cards

  Cashier's Office (Patent Search Room)          		308-0649
  Encoder's Office (Patent Search Room)          		308-0077
  Cashier's Office (Trademark Search Library)          		308-9810
  Encoder's Office (Trademark Search Library)          		308-9809

Copies

  Patent and Trademark Copy Sales Information          		305-4350
							  (FAX) 305-8759
  Certified Copies of Patent and
    Trademark Documents          				308-9726
							or (800)972-6382
							  (FAX) 308-7048

    Address Orders for Certified Copies, with payment to:

      Box 10
      Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
      Washington, DC 20231

  Advance Orders, Non-Receipt (Patent Copies)          		305-8237
  Assignment Documents          				308-9726
  Electronic Ordering Service (EOS)          			305-8716
							  (FAX) 305-8759

    Address Requests for Electronic Ordering Service to:

      Box 11
      Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
      Washington, DC 20231

  File Histories           					308-9726
  Local Access for Public Copying
    Patents          						308-2733
    Trademarks          					308-9811
  Foreign Patents          					308-1076
  Title Records
    (for applications and registrations)          		308-9726

Corrections, Trademarks

  Pending Applications          		  Appropriate Law Office
  Registrations          			      308-9500, Ext. 137

Coupon Orders
   (Patent and Trademark Copy Sales)          			308-0904

Customer Service Center
   (Office of Initial Patent Examination)
   Crystal Plaza 2, Lobby
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight,
     EST/EDT)          						308-1202

Delivery Box Rental          					305-4335

Deposit Accounts          					308-0902
							  (FAX) 308-3491

   Balance Inquiry          			       308-8735/308-8746
     (Requires Touch-Tone Telephone)

   Address Deposit Account Remittances to:

     Patent and Trademark Office
     P.O. Box 70541
     Chicago, IL 60673

         or

     Box 16
     Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
     Washington, DC 20231

Depository Libraries, Patent and Trademark (PTDLs)
  See Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

Disabled, Requests for Reasonable
   Accommodation for          					305-8292

Disclaimers          						305-8408

Disclosure Document Program          				308-0900

Divisional Applications, Trademark          	       308-9500, Ext.160

Drawing Corrections, Patents          				305-8404

Drop Box
   See Customer Service Center

Duty of Disclosure Matters          				305-9282

Electronic Information Center
   See Scientific and Technical Information Center

Electronic Products          					306-2600

Employee Locator          					308-4455

Employment (Office of Human Resources)          		305-8231
   Telecommunications Device for
    the Deaf (TDD)          					308-6645

Examining Groups
   See also Facsimile (FAX) Access to PTO

   Chemical Examining Groups

    Group 1100/2900          			       305-3291/308-0661
						 (FAX) 305-3599/305-3600
    Group 1200         						308-1235
							  (FAX) 308-4556
    Group 1300          					308-0651
							  (FAX) 305-3601
    Group 1500            					308-2351
						 (FAX) 305-3596/305-3612
    Group 1800          					308-0196
							  (FAX) 305-4227

   Electrical Examining Groups

    Group 2100          					308-1782
						 (FAX) 305-3431/305-3432
    Group 2200
      Art Units 2200-2204          				306-4177
      Art Units 2211-2215          				305-4900
							  (FAX) 305-3603
    Group 2300          					305-9600
							  (FAX) 305-9564
    Group 2400          					305-3800
							  (FAX) 305-9565
    Group 2500          					308-0956
							  (FAX) 305-3594
    Group 2600          					305-4700
							  (FAX) 305-9508
    Group 2900
      see Group 1100/2900

   Mechanical Examining Groups

    Group 3100          					308-1113
							  (FAX) 305-7687
    Group 3200          					308-1148
						 (FAX) 305-3579/305-3580
    Group 3300          					308-0858
							  (FAX) 305-3590
    Group 3400          					308-0861
						 (FAX) 305-3463/305-3464
    Group 3500          					308-2168
						 (FAX) 305-3597/305-3598

Facsimile (FAX) Access to PTO

  A/C for Patents          					305-8825
  A/C for Trademarks          					308-7220
  Application Processing          				308-2840
  Assignment Services
   (Refund/Status Requests Only)          			308-7124
  Biotechnology/Chemical Library          			308-4496
  Foreign Patent Copies          				308-1000
  Foreign Documents/Translation Division          		308-0989
  Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences          		603-3541
  Center for Quality Services          				305-8002
  Certification Services          				308-7048
  Chief Information Officer, Office of          		308-5582
  Classification Operations          				305-7769
  Copy Sales, Patent and Trademark          			305-8759
  Deposit Accounts          					308-3491
  Electronic Information Center          			305-9718
  Electronic Information Products, Office of          		306-2737
  Electronic Ordering Service          				305-8759
  Enrollment and Discipline, Office of          		308-5276
  General Information Services Division          		305-7786
  Initial Patent Examination, Office of 
    Customer Service Center          				308-2840
  Interlibrary Loans          			       308-4516/308-4512
  Law Office 101          					308-7182
  Law Office 102          					308-7184
  Law Office 103          					308-7185
  Law Office 104          					308-7189
  Law Office 105          					308-7188
  Law Office 106          					308-7192
  Law Office 107          					308-7191
  Law Office 108          					308-7195
  Law Office 109          					308-7494
  OED          							308-5276
  Patent Cooperation Treaty          				305-3230
  Patent Examining Group 1100/2900          	       305-3599/305-3600
  Patent Examining Group 1200          				308-4556
  Patent Examining Group 1300          				305-3601
    Art Units 1301, 1303          				305-7115
    Art Units 1304, 1307          				305-7718
    Art Unit 1305          					305-7719
    Art Units 1302, 1306           				305-3601
    Art Unit 1308          					305-3602
    Art Units 1312, 1313          				305-3014
  Patent Examining Group 1500          		       305-3596/305-3612
    Art Unit 1501          					305-5246
    Art Unit 1502          					305-5408
    Art Unit 1504          					305-5436
    Art Unit 1507          					305-5433
    Art Unit 1509          					308-0039
  Patent Examining Group 1800          				305-4227
    Art Units 1802, 1815          				308-4065
    Art Unit 1803          					308-4227
    Art Units 1804, 1805          				308-4312
    Art Units 1806, 1811          				305-7362
    Art Units 1807, 1813          				305-7939
    Art Units 1808, 1812          				308-0294
    Art Unit 1814          					305-7401
  Patent Examining Group 2100          		       305-3431/305-3432
  Patent Examining Group 2200              			305-9564
    Art Units 2302, 2304, 2305          			308-5358
    Art Unit 2306          					305-3603
  Patent Examining Group 2300          				305-9724
    Art Units 2307, 2312, 2318          			308-5357
    Art Units 2308, 2309, 2315          			308-5356
    Art Units 2316, 2317          				308-5359
  Patent Examining Group 2400          				305-9565
    Art Units 2412, 2413           				305-9724
    Art Units 2411, 2414          				305-9731
    Art Unit 2415          					305-5397
  Patent Examining Group 2500          		       305-3594/308-1753
    Art Units 2501, 2504, 2515          			308-7725
    Art Units 2502, 2507, 2509          			308-7726
    Art Units 2503, 2505, 2512          			308-7722
    Art Units 2506, 2508, 2514          			308-7723
    Art Units 2511, 2513, 2516          			308-7724
  Patent Examining Group 2600          				305-9508
    Art Units 2601, 2614          				305-5403
    Art Units 2606, 2613          				308-6606
    Art Units 2609, 2615          				308-5399
    Art Units 2608, 2611          				305-9508
    Art Units 2602, 2603          				305-9509
    Art Units 2612, 2617          				305-5397
  Patent Examining Group 2900
    See Group 1100/2900
  Patent Examining Group 3100          				305-7687
    Art Units 3101, 3106, 3107          			305-7687
    Art Units 3102, 3103          				308-2571
    Art Units 3104, 3108          				308-3297
    Art Unit 3105          					308-1385
  Patent Examining Group 3200          		       305-3579/305-3580
  Patent Examining Group 3300          				305-3590
    Art Unit 3301          					308-2708
    Art Units 3302, 3307          				308-2864
    Art Units 3303, 3304          				308-0758
    Art Units 3305, 3309, 3311          			308-0131
    Art Unit 3306          					308-3590
    Art Unit 3308          					308-3139
  Patent Examining Group 3400          		       305-3463/305-3464
  Patent Examining Group 3500          		       305-3597/305-3598
  Patent Maintenance Fee Information          			308-5077
  Patent Programs Control, Office of          			305-8825
  Petitions, Office of          				308-6916
  Planning and Evaluation, Office of          			305-8525
  Public Records, Office of          				308-7010
  Special Program Law Office          				308-6916
  Refunds          						305-8007
  Scientific and Technical Information Center          		308-1000
    Scientific Reference Branch
     (Electrical/Mechanical Assistance)          		308-4971
    Technical Services Branch          				308-3485
  Search and Information Resources
    Administration          					308-6879
  Trademark Assistance Center (TAC)          			308-7016
  Trademark Post Registration          				308-7196
  
Fees

  Rates          					  (800) PTO-9199
							     or 308-HELP
  Receipts          						308-0904
							  (FAX) 308-3491
  Refunds          						305-4229
							  (FAX) 305-8007
							  (TDD) 308-6695

File Histories

  Self-service Copies
    Patents          						308-2733
    Trademarks          					308-9811
  PTO-provided Copies          					308-9726

File Information

  Pending Patent Applications          				308-2733
  Patented File Histories          				308-2733
  Abandoned Patent Application File
    Histories          						308-2733
  Pending Trademark Applications                  Appropriate Law Office
  Registered Trademarks          				308-9811
  Abandoned Trademark Applications          			308-9811

File Wrapper Continuation Applications          		308-1202

   Address Mail to:

     Box FWC
     Assistant Commissioner for Patents
     Washington, DC 20231

Filing Receipt Corrections

   Patents          						308-1202
   Trademarks          			       308-7200 Exts. 165 or 227

Foreign Patents

   Copies          						308-1076
   Reference Assistance
   (Hours: Weekdays, 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
    EST/EDT)          						308-1076
   Translations          					308-0881

Forms          						  (800) PTO-9199
							     or 308-HELP
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (Help Desk)          		308-4129

GATT/TRIPs Information          			  (800) PTO-2224

Information, General          				  (800) PTO-9199
							     or 308-HELP
							  (FAX) 305-7786

Inspection of Patent Files          				308-2733

Inspection of Trademark Files          				308-9811

Intent to Use Applications,
   Trademarks          				       308-9500 Ext. 160

Interferences          						308-9797

   Address Mail to:

    Box Interference
    Assistant Commissioner for Patents
    Washington, DC 20231

Internet          		     PTO Home Page http://www.uspto.gov/

Inventors

  Correction of Error in Joining Inventors:
    Applications          	        Appropriate Examiner or 305-9282
    Patents                        Appropriate Group Art Unit Supervisor

  Deceased, Filing Applications for          			305-9282

Issue Fee

  Address Mail to:

    Box Issue Fee
    Assistant Commissioner for Patents
    Washington, DC 20231

Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS)

    JPTOS
    Box 2600
    Arlington, VA 22202

Kuwait, Certificates of
   Non-Registration          			       308-9500 Ext. 137

Law Offices, Trademark

   Law Office 101          					308-9101
							  (FAX) 308-7182
   Law Office 102          					308-9102
							  (FAX) 308-7184
   Law Office 103          					308-9103
							  (FAX) 308-7185
   Law Office 104          					308-9104
							  (FAX) 308-7189
   Law Office 105          					308-9105
							  (FAX) 308-7188
   Law Office 106          					308-9106
							  (FAX) 308-7192
   Law Office 107          					308-9107
							  (FAX) 308-7195
   Law Office 108          					308-9108
							  (FAX) 308-7494
   Law Office 109          					308-9109
							  (FAX) 308-7191

Library
   See Scientific and Technical Information Center

License (Request to file patent
   application abroad)          				308-1722

Licensing and Sale Notices          				305-8594

Maintenance Fees          			       308-5068/308-5069
							  (FAX) 308-5077

 Address Mail to:

   Box M Fee
   Assistant Commissioner for Patents
   Washington, DC 20231

Mail Drop
   See Customer Service Center

Manual of Classification, Patent

General Information and Index to          			305-6101

Purchase of:
   
  Superintendent of Documents
  Government Printing Office
  Washington, DC 20402
  (202) 512-1800
   
 Subclass Listing, Purchase of
  One-time          						306-2600
  Subscription          					305-8594

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
   (MPEP)          						305-8813

   Purchase of or Subscription to:

     Superintendent of Documents
     Government Printing Office
     Washington, DC 20402
     (202) 512-1800
   
   On Diskette or CD-ROM          				306-2600

Notice of Allowance 
   
   Patents          			     Appropriate Examining Group
   Trademarks          				  Appropriate Law Office

Notice of Appeal
   
  Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences          		308-9797
  Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   (CAFC)          						305-9035

Nucleic Acid Information Submissions (37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825)
   
   Sequence Rules          					308-1123
   CRF Submissions (STIC)          				308-4212
   PatentIn Program Support (S&IRA)          			308-6856
   
Official Gazette, Notices          				305-8594
   
   Patents Available for Licensing or Sale          		305-8594

Official Gazette, Subscriptions
   
   Government Printing Office          			  (202) 512-1800

Official Searches 
   (for lost patent or trademark files)          		305-1801

Oppositions, Trademarks          				308-9300

Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program 
   (PTDLP)          						308-5558
    For telephone numbers see the publication, Official Gazette (Notices
    Section) or call the PTDLP.

Patent Applications
   See Applications, Patents

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)          			305-3257
							  (FAX) 305-3230

   Address Mail to:
   
     Box PCT
     Assistant Commissioner for Patents
     Washington, DC 20231

Patent Documentation Society (PDS)          			305-5085

Patent Grant, Non-Receipt          				305-8203

Patent Index          						305-5227

Patent Products on Magnetic Tape          			306-2600

Patent Term Extension          					305-9282

Patented Files          					308-2733

PatentIn Software Program          				308-6856

Petitions, Patent
   
   See also Petitions, Trademark, below
   
   Abandonment, Withdrawal of Examiner's
     Holding of          	    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Access to Application Files          			305-9282
   
   Amendment After Payment of
     Issue Fee          	    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Refusal to Enter an
     Amendment                      Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Appeals
     Reinstate, Appeal Dismissed
     by Group          		    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Application, Acceptance of, When Filed
     by Other Than Inventor          				305-9282
   
   Assignments and Issuance of
     Patents to Assignees          				305-9282
   
   Attorney, Withdrawal of During
     Prosecution          	    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Attorney, Withdrawal or Revocation
     in Patented Cases          				308-7112
   
   CAFC, Questions in Cases Before          			305-9035
   
   Certificates of Correction,
     Refusal to Issue          					305-9282
   
   Concurrent Ex Parte and/or
     Inter Partes Proceedings          				308-9797
   
   Disclaimers to Overcome
     Rejection          	    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Disclaimers (other)          				305-9282
   
   Divisional Reissue          					305-9282
   
   Examiner's Requirements or Holdings,
     Review of          	    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
   Express Abandonment After Issue Fee
     Payment          						305-9282

   Expunge Papers          					305-9282
   
   Extensions of Time
   
     In Court Matters          					305-9035
   
     During Pendency in
       Group          		    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
     During Pendency at Board of
       Patent Appeals and Interferences          		308-9797
   
     To Appeal to the CAFC or
       Commence a Civil Action          			305-9035
   
   Filing Date          					305-9282
   
   Final Rejection, Premature          		   Appropriate Examining
       							  Group Director
   
   Interferences
   
       Institute an Interference             Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director
   
       Access to Applications, Unopened
         Preliminary Statements          			308-9797
   
       From Action by a Primary Examiner or
         an Interlocutory          				308-9797
   
       Late Settlement Papers          				308-9797
   
       Priority Papers in Patent
	 Application          					308-9797
   
       Reconsideration of Decision
         on Motion          					308-9797
   
   Issuance, Defer          					305-9282
   
Late Payment
   
       Issue Fee          					305-9282
   
       Maintenance Fee          				305-9282
   
   License to File in Foreign
     Countries          			    Director, Group 2200
								308-1721
   Limited Recognition to Prosecute
     Specified Application(s)          		 Committee on Enrollment
								308-9618
   Make Special
   
     Prospective Manufacture, Infringement          		305-9282
   
     Within Jurisdiction of Board of Patent
       Appeals and Interferences          			308-9797
   
     All others          		     Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
     Applications          			      PCT Legal Division
   								308-6515

   Petitions, Office of                    			305-9282
   							  (FAX) 308-6916

   Priority Papers, Return of                Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director

   Priority Papers, After Payment
     of Issue Fee          					305-9282
   								305-9282

   Public Use Proceedings          				305-9282

   Rehearing, Reconsideration, or
     Modification of Board Decision         	 		308-9797
   
   Rejection, Premature Final          		   Appropriate Examining
   							  Group Director

   Reopen Prosecution After Decision
     by Board of Patent Appeals and
     Interferences          		     Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director

   Restriction Requirement          	     Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director

Revive an Abandoned Application          			305-9282
   
   Statutory Invention Registrations (SIRs)          	      Group 2200
   								308-0766
   
   Supervisory Authority of
     Commissioner, Invoke in Matters
     Concerning the Patent
     Examining Operation          				305-9282
   
   Suspension of Action,
     Second or Subsequent                    Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director

   Suspension of Rules Relating to the
     Examining of Patent Application          			305-9282
   
   Withdraw from Issue
     (prior to payment of
     issue fee)                              Appropriate Examining Group
   								Director
   
     (after payment of issue fee)          			305-9282

Petitions, Trademark          					308-8900
   
Post-Registration Information,
   Trademark          					308-9500 Ext.163
   
Procurement          						305-8014
   Telecommunications Device for
      the Deaf (TDD)          					305-8018
   
Project XL          						305-8341
   
Protest Against Pending Patent
   Applications          	    Appropriate Examining Group Director
   
Protest, Letters of in Pending Trademark
   Applications          					308-8900
   
Provisional Applications          				308-1202
   
Public Affairs          					305-8341
   
   Address Mail to:
   
     Office of Public Affairs
     Crystal Park 2, Suite 100
     Patent and Trademark Office
     Washington, DC 20231
   
Public Search Facilities
   See Search Facilities

Public Service Windows
   
   Patent Search Room          					308-1057
   Trademark Search Library          				308-9811
   
Publications, General Information          		    800 PTO-9199
   							     or 308-HELP

Reclassification Orders, Sale of          			305-6101
   
Reconstruction of Files
   
   Patent          						308-9726
   Trademark          				       308-7200 Ext. 223
   
Record Room (Patented and Abandoned Files)
   See File Information
   
Reexaminations
   
   Address Mail to:
   
   Box Reexam
   Assistant Commissioner for Patents
   Washington, DC 20231
   
   General Questions          					305-9285
   Reexamination Examiners                   Appropriate Examining Group
   Reexamination Petitions          				305-9282
   Reexamination Pre-processing          			308-1202
   
Refunds
   See Fees
   
Registration Certificates, Trademark          			308-9500
   (For copies of registrations, see Copies)
   
Reissues
   
   Continuing          						305-9282
   Special Applications          	     Appropriate Examining Group
   
   Address Reissue Applications for Patents Involved in
   Litigation and Subsequently Filed Related Papers to:
   
       Box 7
       Assistant Commissioner for Patents
       Washington, DC 20231
   
Renewal, Trademark Registrations          		308-9500 Ext.163
   
Scientific and Technical Information Center
   
   General          						308-0810
   Electrical/Mechanical Reference Assistance          		308-3506
   Chemical/Biotech Reference Assistance          		308-4506
   Electronic Information Center          			308-5174
   Foreign Patent and Translator Assistance          		308-1076
   Lutrelle F. Parker Sr. Memorial Law Library          	308-5300
   Translations          					308-0881
   
Search Facilities
   
   Patent Search Room (Crystal Plaza 3, 1A03)          		308-0595
     (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., EST/EDT)
   
   Patent Image Retrieval (Crystal Mall 1, 1A02)          	308-6001
     (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., EST/EDT)
   
   Patent Assignment Search Room
     (Crystal Plaza 3, 2C03)          				308-2768
        (Hours: Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST/EDT)
   
   Trademark Search Branch (South Tower, 2B30)          	308-9800
     (Hours: Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST/EDT)
   
Secrecy Orders          					308-1720
   
Security          						305-8183
   
Sequence Information Submissions (37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825)
   
   Sequence Rules          					308-1123
   CRF Submissions (STIC)          				308-4212
   PatentIn Program Support (S&IRA)          			308-6856
   
Simultaneous Issuances          				305-8594
   
Solicitor          						305-9035
   
   Address All Mail for the Office of the Solicitor EXCEPT
communications relating to pending litigation and disciplinary
proceedings to:
   
     Box 8
     Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
     Washington, DC 20231
   
   Papers related to pending litigation in court cases only shall be
mailed to:
   
     Office of the Solicitor
     P.O. Box 15667
     Arlington, VA 22215
   
   Papers related to pending disciplinary proceedings before the
Administrative Law Judge or the Commissioner only shall be mailed to:
   
    Office of the Solicitor,
    P.O. Box 16116
    Arlington, VA 22215
   
Status
   
   Patent Applications          			     Appropriate
					     Examining Group or 305-1801
   Issued Patents          					305-1801
   
Status of Trademark Registrations and Applications via
   Automated Voice System
    (Requires Touch-Tone Telephone; Hours:
    Weekdays, 6:30 a.m. to 12:00 midnight,
    EST/EDT)          						305-8747
   
Status of Patent Files in Official Search          		305-1801
   
Statutory Invention Registrations (SIRs)          		308-0766
   
Subclass Listings          					306-2600
   
Subscription Information
   
   CD-ROM Products          					306-2600
   MPEP on CD-ROM or Diskette          				306-2600
   MPEP (Paper Version)          	      Government Printing Office
   							  (202) 512-1800
   Official Gazette          		      Government Printing Office
   							  (202) 512-1800
   Patent and Trademark Office
     Notices          			      Government Printing Office
   							  (202) 512-1800
   Patent Copy Sales          					305-8716
   Patent Subclass Listings          				305-8263
   
Technology Assessment and Forecast Program
   
   Patent Statistics          					306-2600
   
Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD)
   
   Office of Civil Rights          				305-8059
   Office of Finance          					308-6695
   Office of Human Resources          				308-6645
   Office of Procurement          				305-8018
   Office of Public Records          				308-7172
   General Information Services Division          		305-7785
   
Terminal Disclaimers
   
   General          						305-8408
   
   To Overcome Obvious-Type Double Patenting
   
   Rejection          			     Appropriate Examining Group
   
Trademark Applications 
   See Applications, Trademarks

Trademark Assistance Center          				308-9000
   
Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
   (TMEP)          						308-9000

Trademark Products on Magnetic Tape          			306-2600
   
Training
   
   Employee/Career Development          			305-8431
   Public Users of Automated Systems          			308-3040
   
Translations 
   See Foreign Patents
                       




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